Vehicle-wheel.



PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

- W QUIVEY VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27. 1906.

Witnesses 1 UNITED S ATES PATENT oFEIoE.

WILLTAM UIVEY; or EAST 'onANeE, NEW JERSEY.

VEHICLE-(HEEL To all whom it mayconoernll Bejit known thatl, WILLIAM Quiver, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Eas't ,Oran e, in the county of Essex and State of New ersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vehicle Wheels, of

which the following is a description. :The obilectl have in view is toproduce a cushion is'interposed intermediate between the hub and rim of the wheel and wherein 2 theweight in allpositions of the whee byithe.

- -,lieving 3 amore effective and practical construction will be pbtained.

The invention particularly includes an effectiye means for drivlng or commumcatm motion between the two parts of the whee located on opposite sides of the intermediate cushion and for'absorbing shocks by permitting a movement of rotation of the outer section of the wheel independent of the connect-- 'ing driving means in all positions of the wheel, and this without straining the intermediate elastic cushion. The. ,inventionin its referred form of execution'also includes t e idea of supporting partly rigid or-'non-elastic connection between thejtwo sections of the wheel, thus re-. he intermediate elastic cushion of part of the-weight, the independehkrotary ,m aga-af. the outer section of the wheel in all ositionslperrnitting the absorbing of shocks By the intermediate elastic cushion.

The preferred form of carrying out the invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which p Figure 1 is avertical halfelevation and half-section of the wheel, and Fig. 2 is a halfplan view and half-horizontal section.

The axle 1 enters the axle-box 2 and is keyed therein if .the wheel and axle turn together, the axle being provided on its end with a flanged nut 3. The axle-box 2 is made in one piece with a flange 4 to form one side of the hub, while the other side of the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 27,1906. -Seriallio.823,566-

eel of that class wherein an elastic Patented Feb. 6, 1907.

or more of such bolts. Between the sleeve 6 and the axle-box is placed'a sleeve,9,-so as to form a raceway centrally around the-axlebox, in which is placed a loose rim 10, supported by l antifriction rollers or bal s 11. Surrounding the ring 10 and bearing upon 'it is the intermediate elastic cushion 12,

which may be a pneumatic cushion or a filled or solid rubber cushion. In case a pneumatic cushion is employed space; -,to .accommodate the laterally-projecting*valve 13 of the cushion and to permit the rotary movement of the cushion without injury to the valve is provided by making the face-plate 5 with an annular chamber 14, which is closed. a

by an annular late 15, screwed to cross-bars 16, these crossars connecting the face-plate with the sleeve 6 and leaving openings between them, through which access can be had to the valve 18 in any the pneumatic cushion 12.

Surrounding'the elastic cushion 12 is a channeled ring 17, which is held between the flan es 4 and 5, but is allowed free movement in the space betweenythese flanges. The

s okes 18 of the wheel are supported upon t "e ring 17 in any suitable way, and these spokes lnturn support a rini 1 9, referably carryin an elastic tire 20, which may be a solid ru ber tire. The spaces 21 between the inner ends of the spokes are provided with V, j I wearmg-plates 22, u on which the sleeves8 of the cross-bolts 7 ear. These spaces 21 are considerably wider than the cross-bolts and" their encirclin sleeves, so as to leave room for considerab e independent rotational movement of the two parts of the wheel..

The driving between the two parts of the wheel is effected by the bearing of the sleeves 8 of the cross-bolts 7 on the wearingplates 22 on'theopposite sides and bottoms of the spaces 21. .These spaces 21 widenin an outward direction, soas to have a general V shape, and preferably have rounded .bottoms at the points of the V. Consequently the farther away the cross-bolts are from the bottoms of the spaces the wider will be the space in which such cross-bolts can play before strlking the wearing-plates.

The positlon of the )arts of the wheel when carrying the weight 0 the vehicle is shown in Fig. 1. The cross-bolt at the top of the 'wheel is shown as in contact with the bottom of the wearing-pl ate at the narrowest point of the space 21. This is-the preferable position of the parts when the vehicle is carrying its posit on of rotatlon of normal load. The two cross-bolts on opposite sides of the central top bolt are also in contact with the wearing-plates. From this point downwardly on both sides of the wheel the cross-bolts are increasingly se arated from the wearing-plates, the bottom olt being located at the center of the space 21- and at the maximum distance from the bottom .O'fthat space.

One part of the wheel is driven from the other part by the bolts at the top of the wheel.

1 In the running of the vehicle inequalities of the roadway produce shocks, which are re- 'of the wheel and compressing the elastic cushion 12 on the forward side of the wheel. In this way shocks are absorbed by the elastic cushion 12 and are not transmitted to the' axle.

. Any creepin the elastic cus 'on 12 caused by the inde- H pendent rotational movements of the two 30,- mounted, without straining or wearing the cushion.

sections of the wheel are permitted by the loose ring 10, upon which the cushion 12 is The construction perinits of the lubrication of the rubbing surfaces where the face-plates 4 5 and the sides of the channeled ring 17 meet byintroducing i'nto thespaces at the sides of the cushion 12 powdered graphite or other suitable lubricant. The lubricant works outwardly between the rubbing surfaces. The cover 15 makes a tight closure .of the chamber in which the cushion 12 is, located except at these=rubbing surfaces.

What I claim is 1. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with inner and outer sections and an interor rotational movement ofmediate elastic cushion, of means for one section of the wheel from the other indeings in-the outer section, whereby one the wheel will be driven by the other y the cross-bolts at the to of the wheel in all positions of rotation, su stantially as set forth.

he combination inner section passing. through \l-shaped opengart of '3. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with inner and outer sections and an intermediate elastic cushion, of means for driving one section from the other independent :of the intermediate elastic cushion engaging at the top of the wheel 'in all positions of rota tion and leaving the outer section free to yield rotatively at the bottom of the wheel, such driving means relieving the intermedi-.

ate elastic cushion of part of the weight of the vehicle, substantially as set forth.

4. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with inner and outer sections and an intermediate elastic cushion, of a loose ring or carrier on the inner section upon which the cushion is mounted, and cross-bolts on the inner section passing through V-shaped slots on the outer section for driving onefsection of the wheel from the other at the top. of the wheel imall positions of rotation, and ermitting the outer section to -Jield at the ottomof the. wheel, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 26th day of June, 1906.

' WILLIAM QUIVEY. Witnesses:

JOHN L. .LOTSCH, AUG. LONG. 

